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An analysis of division lists showed that no Liberal Democrat MPs voted in support of Labour's attempt to block the Bill's progress. Prominent critics of the Bill on the Liberal Democrat benches, including John Pugh, Liberal Democrat MP for Southport, abstained.

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The Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has told the Commons that the government should "respect the law" and publish the NHS risk register. Mr Burnham said that the Labour Party would "restore their finest achievement" and "put the 'N' back in NHS".

The Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has told the Commons that the government's NHS reforms have been 'wrecklessly reorganised', without considering all of the facts, as part of an emergency debate on the bill. Mr Burnham said:

If the NHS starts to struggle, how will Members of Parliament respond when it starts to fail?"